Born on this day – Muddy Waters:

Muddy Waters

Blues singer

Musician

April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983

Credits:

Albums:

“Unk” in Funk (1974); After the Rain (1969); Can’t Get No Grindin’ (1973); Electric Mud (1968); Fathers and Sons (1969); Folk Singer (1964); Hard Again (Blue Sky, 1977); I’m Ready (1978); King Bee (1981); London Revisited (1974); Mud in Your Ear (1973); Muddy Waters Sings “Big Bill” (1960); Muddy, Brass & the Blues (1966); The London Muddy Waters Sessions (1972); The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (1975).

Movies, television and video:

A Girls Night Out (2009); Adam Ruins Everything (2019); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); All the Way (2003); All You Need Is Love (1977); Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who (2007); American Masters (2003–2005); Anarchy in Manchester (2014); Beat-Club (1970); Bedford Springs (2002); Better Off Dead (1985); Birthmarked (2018); Black Snake Moan (2006); Black, White and Blues (1971); Blues America (2013); Blues and Gospel Train (1964); Blues Masters (1999); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Born in Chicago (2020); Breaking All the Rules (1985); Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017); Cadillac Records (2008); Casino (1995); Chicago Blues (1970); Chuck Brown: We Got This (2010); Daddy Day Care (2003); Daisy Jones & The Six (2023); Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dave Chappelle Live at Austin City Limits (2017); Definitely, Maybe (2008); Denise Calls Up (1995); Dogfight (1991); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990–1991); Entourage (2011); Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel (1981); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Family Guy (2020); Fire Down Below (1997); Fire in Babylon (2010); Flimra (1977); Foolproof (2003); Frankenstein (2015); Frank’s Place (1988); Fresh Off the Boat (2019); Get Crazy (1983); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); Glory Road (2006); Going the Distance (2010); Goodfellas (1990); Great Performances (2005); Gunsmoke Blues (2004); Hendrix on Hendrix (2013); History Detectives (2005); I Hear the Blues (1963); I’m a Man (1969); It Might Get Loud (2008); Jerry and Tom (1998); Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013); Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986); Le grand échiquier (1972); Little Big League (1994); Mafia II (2010); Mandingo (1975); Midco Chu in Soundstage (1974); Misfits (2009); Mockingbird Lane (2012); Muddy Waters - Live at Rockpalast (1978); Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge 1981 (2012); Muddy Waters at Chicagofest (1998); Musikladen extra (1977); Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (1999); New England Music Hall of Fame (2019); No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008); Nostalgia Critic (2008); Omnibus (1971); Once More with Felix (1968); Öronaböj (1978); Overlord (2018); Paul Rodgers: Live in Glasgow (2007); Prague Lounge Trio: Got My Mojo Workin’ (2019); Proof (2005); Put Your Hands Up!: The Tribute Concert to Chuck Brown (2002); Rebel Highway (1994); RED (2010); Risky Business (1983); Rock-a-bye (1973); Rogue Heroes (2022); Sex Education (2019); Shakes the Clown (1991); Shine a Light (2008); Singles (1992); Smart (1985); Sneaky Pete (2017); So You Think You Can Dance (2005); Soul Man (1986); Soundstage (2003); Stand Up Guys (2012); Starbuck in Rock Concert (1977); Street Girls (1975); The Bikeriders (2023); The Blues (1966–2003); The Color of Money (1986); The David Frost Show (1971); The Devil’s Rejects (2005); The Express (2008); The Girl Next Door (2004); The Good Fight (2017); The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997); The Last Waltz (1978); The Legendary Fillmore Slim Playing the Blues (2012); The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996); The Man in the High Castle (2019); The Midnight Special (1972–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1978); The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll (2009); The Quiet One (2019); The Rainmaker (1997); The Roaring 20s: Mick Jagger’s Glory Years (2011); The Shipping News (2001); The Sopranos (1999–2007); The Soul of a Man (2003); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015); The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2021); The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (2009); The Wonder Years (1989); The Zodiac (2005); Tohuwabohu (1995–1997); True Blood (2011); Two Trains Runnin’ (2016); Undercover Blues (1993); Unplugged (1992); What Love Is (2007); Where the Road Runs Out (2014); Willy / Milly (1986).

Born on this day – Lucille Bogan:

Lucille Bogan

Blues singer

Songwriter

April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948

Credits:

Albums:

1930s Blues Classics (2010); As Bessie Jackson: Reckless Woman 1927-1935 (Blues Collection Historic Recordings) [feat. Walter Roland] (2006); Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2: March 1930 to 20 July 1933 (1994); Jazz Son's (2022); Lucille Bogan & Walter Roland (1927-1935) (1992); Lucille Bogan (1923-1935) (1989); Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) Vol. 1 [1923-1930] (1993); Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) Vol. 2 [1930-1933] (1993); Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) Vol. 3 (1934-1935) (2005); Outspoken (2015); Reckless Woman (2013); Reckless Woman: 1927-1935 (2000); Shave 'Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan (2004).

Movies and television:

Bessie (2015); Cover Your Ears (2023); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980); History of Swear Words (2021); No Vacancy (1999); The Blues (2003); The Cotton Club (1984).

Born on this day – Etta Baker:

Etta Baker

Blues singer

Guitarist

Banjoist

March 31, 1913 – September 23, 2006

Albums:

Banjo (2009); Carolina Breakdown (2005); Etta Baker with Taj Mahal (2004); Instrumental Music from the Southern Appalachians (1956); Knoxville Rag, with Kenny Wayne Shepherd (2006); One-Dime Blues (1991); Railroad Bill (1999); Railroad Bill (2015); The North Carolina Banjo Collection (1998).

Born on this day – Sonny Boy Williamson:

Sonny Boy Williamson

Blues singer

Harmonicist

Songwriter

March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948

Credits:

Music:

A Portrait in Blues (1963); Baby Let Me Come Back Home / November Boogie / All Nite Boogie / Leavin Blues (1966); Blues Classics by The Original Sonny Boy Williamson (1965); Born Blind / Ninety-Nine (1958); Bring It On Home / Down Child (1965); Bummer Road (1969); Bye Bye Bird / Help Me (1963); Come On Back Home / Stop Crying (1951); Cool, Cool Blues / Do It if You Wanta (1951); Crazy ‘Bout You, Baby / Eyesight to the Blind (1951); Cross My Heart / Dissatisfied (1958); Don’t Send Me No Flowers (1968); Don’t Start Me Talkin’/ All My Love in Vain (1955); Down and Out Blues (1959); Empty Bedroom / From the Bottom (1955); Fattening Frogs for Snakes / I Don’t Know (1957); From the Bottom / Empty Bedroom; Gettin’ Out of Town / She Brought Life Back to the Dead (1954); Going in Your Direction / Red Hot Kisses (1954); I Cross My Heart / West Memphis Blues (1954); In Memoriam (1965); Keep It to Yourself / The Key (To Your Door) (1956); King Biscuit Time (1989); Let Me Explain / Your Imagination (1956); Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / Unseeing Eye (1959); Mighty Long Time / Nine Below Zero (1951); More Real Folk Blues (1966); Mr. Downchild / Stop Now Baby (1954); My Younger Days / I Want You Close to Me (1964); No Nights by Myself / Boppin’ with Sonny (1956); One Way Out / Nine Below Zero (1962); Pontiac Blues / Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues (1951); Rock Generation Vol. 4 with the Animals (1973); Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim (1964); Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds (1966); Stop Right Now / The Hunt (1961); Temperature 110 / Lonesome Cabin (1960); The Blues of Sonny Boy Williamson (1963); The Goat / It’s Sad to Be Alone (1960); The Hunt / Little Village (1961); The Real Folk Blues (1966); This Is My Story (1972); Too Close Together / Cat Hop (1953); Trust My Baby / Too Close Together (1960); Trying to Get Back on My Feet / Decoration Day (1963); Your Funeral and My Trial / Wake Up Baby (1958).

Movies and television:

Af jazzens billedbog (1963); Almost Famous (2000); American Gangster (2007); American Made (2017); Animal House of Blues: 33.3 Special Edition (2018); Arena (1985); Barfly (1987); Blues Brothers 2000 (1998); Blues Odyssey (2003); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Charming the Hearts of Men (2021); Deadwood (2004); Dogfight (1991); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Frogs for Snakes (1998); Fuel (2008); Godfather of Harlem (2019); Green Book (2018); Groupies (1970); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); Hullabaloo! (1963–1964); Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988); Johnny Winter And: Live in Copenhagen (1971); Jonny Lang Live at Montreux 1999 (1999); Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight 1970 (1998); Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (2000); Long Strange Trip (2017); Lords of Dogtown (2005); Mae Mercer & Sonny Boy Williamson: Careless Love (1965); Mulholland Drive (2001); My Kinda People (2003); Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2023); On Any Saturday (2006); Once Were Brothers (2019); Private Practice (2007); Ready, Steady, Go! (1965); Secondhand Lions (2003); Tempo (1964); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The Beat Room (1964); The Blues (2003); The Departed (2006); The Dukes of Hazzard (2005); The Ed Sullivan Show (1950); The Fall (2013); The Funeral (1996); The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003); The Who: The Making of Tommy (2013); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); Tommy (1975); Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008); Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964); Who Shot Pat? (1989).

Born on this day – Mary Johnson:

Mary Johnson

Blues singer

Accordionist

Songwriter

March 29, 1898 – July 20, 1983

Credits:

Album shown above:

Mary Johnson: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1929-1936.

Track list:

Muddy Creek Blues; Room Rent Blues; Black Men Blues; Western Union Blues; Dream Daddy Blues; Barrel House Flat Blues; Key To The Mountain Blues; Three Months Ago Blues; Dawn Of Day Blues; Friendless Gal Blues; Death Cell Blues; Morning Sun Blues; No Good Town Blues; Rattlesnake Blues; Mary Johnson Blues; Those Black Man Blues; Peepin’ At The Risin’ Sun; Deceitful Woman Blues; Black Gal Blues; Delmar Avenue; I Just Can’t Take It.

Born on this day – Leroy Carr:

Leroy Carr

Blues singer

Songwriter

Pianist

March 27, 1904 – April 29, 1935

Credits:

Albums:

(1930-1958) Remaining Titles & Alternate Takes (1989); A City Man (2015); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 (2010); American Blues Legend (2006); Another Side of Leroy Carr (2023); Bad Liquor Blues (2020); Blues Before Sunrise (1960); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 4: 1932–1934 (1992); Florida (2018); Hard Time Blues (2006); Hurry Down Sunshine (1995); I Keep the Blues (2018); It's Just a Rag! The Mighty Piano of Leroy Carr (2020); Leroy Carr Maestro (2015); Leroy Carr Sings Vintage Blues (2013); Leroy Carr Vol. 1 (1928-1929) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 2 (1929-1930) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 3 (1930-1932) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 4 (1932-1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 5 (1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 6 (1934-1935) (2005); Let's Spend an Evening with Leroy Carr (2020); Midnight Hour Blues (2021); Mr. Scrapper's Blues (1962); Naptown Blues 1929-1934 (1983); Presenting Leroy Carr (1928); Prison Bound Blues (2004); Rocks In My Bed (2016); Tennessee Bluesman (2020); The Blues Collective -Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell (2023); The Blues of Leroy Carr 2011); The Essential (2002); The Essential Leroy Carr (2014); The Piano Blues 1930-1935 (2014); The Piano Blues Vol. 2: 1929-1935 (2014); Tonight in Time (2015); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD A (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD B (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD C (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD D (2008); When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 (2011); Whiskey Is My Habit, Good Women Is All I Crave: The Best Of Leroy Carr (2004).

Songs:

Alabama Women Blues; Barrel House Woman; Blues Before Sunrise; Christmas in Jail - Ain't That a Pain; Don't Start No Stuff; E Blues; Four Day Rider; George Street Blues; Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog; How Long - How Long Blues; How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone; Kokomo Blues; Let's Disagree; Little Boy Blue; Low Down Dog Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2; Midnight Hour Blues; My Own Lonesome Blues; Naptown Blues; Papa's on the House Top; Penal Farm Blues; Prison Bound Blues; Shady Lane; Six Cold Feet in the Ground; Six Cold Feet of Ground; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 1; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 2; Suicide Blues; That's All Right for You; Trouble Blues, Part 2; When the Sun Goes Down.

Born on this day – Curley Weaver:

Curley Weaver

Blues singer

Guitarist

March 25, 1906 – September 20, 1962

Track listings on pictured CD: Curly Weaver The Complete Recorded Works 1933–1935 in Chronological Order, including music with The Georgia Browns:

No No Blues; Leg Iron Blues; Some Cold Rainy Day; Tippin’ Tom; Birmingham Gambler; Tampa Street; Decatur Street 81; Next Door Man (Take 1); Next Door Man (Take 2); It Must Have Been Her; Who Stole de Lock?; Joker Man; You Was Born to Die; Dirty Mistreater; Black Woman; City Cell Blues; Empty Room Blues; Tricks Ain’t Walking No More; Sometime Mama; Oh Lawdy Mama; Two Faced Woman; Early Morning Blues; Fried Pie Blues.

Born on this day – Son House:

Son House

Blues singer

Guitarist

March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988

Credits:

Albums:

Been Here and Gone (2003); Country Farm Blues (2010); Death Letter (1998); Delta Blues (1991); Delta Blues and Spirituals (1995); Essential Blues Masters (2009); Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions (1992); Feel Like Going Home - A Film By Martin Scorsese (2003); Forever On My Mind (2022); Got the Blues (2012); Grinnin’ in Your Face (2015); J.D. Short and Son House: Blues from the Mississippi Delta (1963); John The Revelator (Live Radio Broadcast) (2017); King Of The Delta Blues (2006); Legends of Country Blues (CD B) (2006); Les Pionniers Du Blues, Vol. 11: Son House (2019); Live at Oberlin College (Live) (2018); Live At Oberlin College, April 15, 1965 (2018); Live... (2013); Low Down Dirty Dog Blues (2000); Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Son House (2003); Milestones of a Legend - Delta Blues, Vol. 3 (2017); New York Central (2007); Rare Country Farm Blues (2017); Revisited (2002); Son House - At Home - Rochester 1969 (2005); Son House in Seattle 1968 (2018); Son House Library of Congress Recordings 1941-1942 (2014); Son House Live At The Gaslight Cafe Jan 3rd 1965 (2000); Son House Revisited Vol. 1 (2006); Son House Selected Favorites Volume 2 (2006); Special Rider (2000); The 1930-42 Mississippi and Wisconsin Recordings (2021); The Classic Years (2012); The Complete Library Of Congress Sessions, 1941-1942 (Hd Remastered Edition, Doxy Collection) (1990); The Delta Blues Of Son House (2003); Walking blues (2021 Remastered Version) (2022); Wonderful Soundtrack (2016).

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); American Epic (2017); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Better Things (2017); Black Snake Moan (2006); Blues Brothers 2000 (1998); Blues Like Showers of Rain (1994); Blues Masters (1999); Blues Odyssey (2003); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Cold Case (2006); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Fargo (2017); Fear the Walking Dead (2019); Festival (1967); Goliath (2016); Hard Target (1993); In the Aisles (2018); It Might Get Loud (2008); King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story (2018); Later... With Jools Holland (2009); On the Road (2012); ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019); Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017); Supernatural (2006); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues (2003); The Blues (2003); The Howlin’ Wolf Story (2003); The Originals (2014); The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll (2009); The Search for Robert Johnson (1992); The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (2009); True Detective (2019); Two Trains Runnin’ (2016); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? (1979); White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights (2004).

Born on this day – Alec Seward:

Alec Seward

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 16, 1901 – May 11, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

Creepin’ Blues (1965); Late One Saturday Evening (1996); The Back Porch Boys (2002).

Songs:

Be Kind Blues; Big Hip Mama; Big Hip Mamma; Blues All Around My Head; Blues All Around My Head #2; C.C. Rider; Cousin John; Creepin’ Blues; Early Morning Blues; Evil Woman Blues; Feel So Good; Feels so Good; Friday the Thirteenth Blues; Goin’ Back Home; Goin’ Down Slow; Her Ways Are so Sweet; Hide Me In Thy Bosom; I Made A Mistake In Life; I Wish I’d Listened; It’s My Desire; Late Evening Blues; Late One Saturday Evening; Let A Good Thing Do; Little Annie Blues; Me and My Baby; Piney Woods; Risin’ Sun Shine On; Rock Me Darlin’; Sorry Woman Blues; Sweet Woman; Trouble in Mind; What Has Annie Got.

Born on this day – Clara Smith:

Clara Smith

Blues singer

March 13, 1894 – February 2, 1935

Credits:

Ain't Nothin' Cookin' What You're Smellin' / Separation Blues (1926); All Night Blues / Play It (Do It a Long Time Papa) (1923); Broken Busted Blues / Court House Blues with Louis Armstrong; Cheatin' Daddy / You Don't Know Who's Shakin' Your Tree (1927); Court House Blues / The L & N Blues (1926); Don't Never Tell Nobody / Waitin' for the Evenin' Mail (1923); Ease It / Percolatin' Blues (1927); Far Away Blues / I'm Going Back to My Used to Be (1923); For Sale / You Dirty Dog (1931); Freight Train Blues / Done Sold My Soul to the Devil (And My Heart's Done Turned to Stone) (1924); Frosty Mornin' Blues / Easy Come Easy Go Blues; Gin Mill Blues / Got My Mind on That Thing (1929); Good Looking Papa Blues / Don't Advertise Your Man (1924); He's Mine, All Mine / Steel Drivin' Sam (1925); How'm I Doin' / Whip It to a Jelly (1926); I Got Everything A Woman Needs / Every Woman's Blues (1923); I Never Miss the Sunshine (I'm So Used to the Rain) / Awful Moanin' Blues (1923); I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / You Don't Know My Mind (1924); Irresistible Blues / I Want My Sweet Daddy Now (1923); It's Tight Like That / Daddy Don't Put That Thing on Me Blues (1929); Jelly Look What You Done Done / It's All Coming Home to You (1928); Kansas City Man Blues / Uncle Sam Blues (1924); Kind Lovin' Blues / Down South Blues (1923); Livin' Humble / Get on Board (1927); Mean Papa Turn in Your Key / Back Woods Blues (1924); My Good for Nuthin' Man / When I Steps Out (1925); Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin' / If You Only Knowed (1925); Nobody's Blues but Mine / My Man Blues (1925); Oh! Mister Mitchell / Where Is My Man (1930); Ol' Sam Tages / Unemployed Papa-Charity Workin' Mama (1931); Papa I Don't Need You Now / Tired of the Way You Do (1929); San Francisco Blues / Chain Gang Blues (1924); Shipwrecked Blues / My John Blues; Steamboat Man Blues / Sobbin' Sister Blues (1928); That's Why The Undertakers Are Busy Today / Black Woman's Blues (1927); The Basement Blues / Mama's Gone, Good Bye (1924); The Market Street Blues / It Takes the Lawd (To Tell What's on My Mind) (1925); Troublesome Blues / You Can't Get It Now (1927); Wanna Go Home / Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee (1928); West Indies Blues / The Clearing House Blues (1924).

Born on this day – Jesse Fuller:

Jesse Fuller

Blues singer

Songwriter

Harmonica player

Guitarist

March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976

Credits:

Albums:

Blues Connections (2014); Brother Lowdown (1972); February Mood (2015); Four Classic Albums (Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads / The Lone Cat / Sings Ballads-Blues / Empty Bed Blues) (Digitally Remastered) (2019); Frisco Bound (1991); Is it True 'Bout the Man Jesse Fuller? (2020); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, & Blues (1958); Jesse Fuller's Favorites (1965); Move On Down the Line (1965); San Francisco Bay Blues (1963); Stagolee: Essential Blues (2011); The Lone Cat (1961); The Lone Cat (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Three of a Kind - Classic Recordings (2014); Two Blues Icons (2014); Working on the Railroad (1955).

Songs:

99 Years; As Long as I Can Feel the Spirit; Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home; By And By; Cincinnati Blues; Crazy Waltz; Flavor in My Cream; Hark from the Tomb; Hesitation Blues; How Long Blues; Hump in My Back; I'm Going To Meet My Loving Mother; Jesse's New Midnight Special; John Henry; Key To The Highway; Leavin' Memphis, Frisco Bound; Let Me Hold You in My Arms Tonight; Linin' Track; Little Black Train; Memphis Boogie; Morning Blues; Preacher Lowdown; Railroad Blues; Railroad Worksong; San Francisco Bay Blues; Stranger Blues; Take This Hammer; The Monkey And The Engineer; Together Let Us Live; You Can't Keep a Good Man Down; You’re No Good.

Movies and television:

Bandstand (1966); Down Home Music - A Journey Through the Heartland 1963 (1963); East of Suez (1925); Evening of AnExchange (1972); The Blues (1966); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The Great White Hope (1970); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Thief of Bagdad (1924); Unplugged (1992).

Born on this day – Mississippi John Hurt:

Mississippi John Hurt

Blues singer

Guitarist

March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966

Credits:

Albums:

1928 Sessions (1979); Ain't Nobody's Business (2008); American Epic: The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (2017); Avalon (2018); Avalon Blues (2012); Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings (1996); Blues Essentials (2008); Blues Routes Mississippi John Hurt (2009); Bluesville Presents (2024); Candy Man (2009); Candy Man Blues (2019); Christian Hymns - Delta Blues (2018); Coffee Blues (1995); D.C. Blues - The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 2 (2000); D.C. Blues: The Library of Congress Recordings, Volume 1 (2004); Discovery (2021); Folk Songs and Blues (1963); Frankie & Albert (2005); Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) (2008); I'm Satisfied (2005); Last Sessions (1966); Legend (1997); Live (2002); Live Blue Notes (2015); Louis Collins (2015); Make Me A Pallet (1991); Mississippi John Hurt Memorial Anthology (1994); Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington (2021); Rediscovered (1998); Remastered from the Archives (2018); Satisfied (1960); Spike Driver Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings (Bonus Track Version) (2016); Stack O' Lee (2019); Stack o' Lee Blues (2015); The Best Of (1971); The Candy Man (2017); The Complete Studio Recordings (2000); The Greatest Songsters: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, 1927-1929 (1990); The Immortal (2006); The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt (1967); The Library of Congress Sessions, July 1963 (2014); The Rough Guide to Mississippi John Hurt (2019); Today! (1966); Vanguard Visionaries (2007); Worried Blues (1964).

Songs:

Ain't No Tellin'; Avalon Blues; Avalon, My Home Town; Beulah Land; Big Leg Blues; Blue Harvest Blues; Boys, You're Welcome; Candy Man Blues; Coffee Blues; Corrinna, Corrinna; Goodnight Irene; Got the Blues; Hey, Honey, Right Away; Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight; If You Don’t Want Me, Baby; I'm Satisfied; Joe Turner Blues; Louis Collins; Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor; Monday Morning Blues; My Creole Belle; Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home; Praying on the Old Camp Ground; Richland Women Blues; Shortnin' Bread; Spanish Fandang; Spider, Spider; Spike Driver Blues; Stack O'Lee Blues; Stagolee; The Chicken; You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley.

Movies and television:

A Man Called Hurt: The Life and Music of Mississippi John Hurt (2024); A Rosewood Daydream (1970); American Epic (2017); Dead Season (2012); Deadwood (2004); Festival (1967); Field Day (2004); Following Sean (2005); Infinitely Polar Bear (2014); Legends of Country Blues Guitar (1994); Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2013); Mr. Mercedes (2017–2018); P.O.V. (2007); Passage to Mars (2016); Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End (2013); Shadrach (1998); Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021); The Blues (2003); The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003); The Natural History of the Chicken (2000); The Yellow Handkerchief (2008); This Hour Has Seven Days (1966); Two Trains Runnin' (2016); Walk the Line (2005); Welcome to the Basement (2015).

Born on this day – Furry Lewis:

Furry Lewis

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 6, 1895 – September 14, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 26 (2010); All Kinds of Blues (2024); Back On My Feet Again (1961); Blues Magician (1999); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order: 1927–1929 (1990); Done Changed My Mind (1961); Essential Blues Masters (2010); Fourth and Beale (1992); Furry Lewis (1960); Furry Lewis 1927–1929 (2005); Furry Lewis 1927-28 (2007); Furry's Blues Live (2017); Good Morning Judge (2003); In His Prime 1927-1928 (1975); Kassie Jones (2008); Live At The Gaslight At The Au Go Go (2023); Masters Of Memphis Blues / CD A (2006); Memphis (2024); Memphis Blues Masters One (2013); Mistreatin Mama (2016); Mr Furry's Blues (2015); On the Road Again (1969); Party! At Home (2001); Presenting Furry Lewis (1927); Presenting the Country Blues (1969); Shake 'em on Down (1972); Take Your Time (2000); The Blues Collection 61: Beale Street Blues (1995); The Bluesville Years, Vol. 3: Beale Street Get-Down (1995); The Classic Years (2021); The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2007); The Legend of Furry Lewis (2022); Worried Blues (2017).

Songs:

Baby You Don’t Want Me; Big Chief Blues; Billy Lyons and Stack O'lee; Black Gypsy Blues; Blues Around My Bed; Cannon Ball Blues; Creeper's Blues; Don't You Wish Your Mama; Dry Land Blues; Early Recording Career; Falling Down Blues; Farewell I'm Growing Old; Furry Lewis Rag; Furry's Blues; Going To Brownsville; Good Morning Judge; I Will Turn Your Money Green; John Henry, Part 1; Judge Boushay Blues; Judge Harsh Blues; Kassie Jones; Kassie Jones, Parts 1 & 2; Lay My Burden Down; Mistreatin' Mama; Old Blue; Old Hobo; Roll and Tumble Blues; Shake ’em On Down; The Medicine Shows; White Lightnin’; Why Don't You Come Home Blues; Worried Blues.

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Blues America (2013); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Good Mornin' Blues (1978); Greenleaf (2020); Killer Diller (2004); Leon Russell - Homewood Session (1970); Masters of Country Blues: John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis (1995); Memphis '69 (2019); Mississippi Grind (2015); Stranded in Canton (2005); The Blues (1962 / 2003); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Soul of a Man (2003); This Is Elvis (1981); W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975).

Born on this day – Walter Davis:

Walter Davis

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

March 1, 1911 – October 22, 1963

Born on this day – Scrapper Blackwell:

Scrapper Blackwell

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962

Credits:

Albums:

A Blues (2018); ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 (2010); Blue Night Blues (2000); Blues Before Sunrise + Mr. Scrapper's Blues (2014); Blues Night Blue (2019); Kokomo (2021); Penal Farm Blues (2021); Presenting Scrapper Blackwell (1929); Rocks In My Bed (2016); Scrapper Blackwell - Music History (2021); Scrapper Blackwell 1959-1960 (2005); Scrapper Blackwell Vol. 1 (1928-1932) (2005); The Blues Collective -Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell (2023); The Very Best Of (2009); The Virtuoso Guitar Of Scrapper Blackwell (2006); Trouble Blues (2019); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD A (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD B (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD C (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD D (2008).

Songs:

Alabama Women Blues; Back Door Blues; Be-Da-Da-Bum; Blue Day Blues; Blue Night Blues; Blues Before Sunrise; Cold Blooded Murder; D Blues; Down and Out Blues; Down South Blues; Four Day Rider; Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog; Hard Time Blues; How About Me; How Long Blues No. 1; I Believe I'll Make a Change; I Won't Miss You When You're Gone; Lifeboat Blues; Low Down Dog Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama; My Dream Blues; My Heart Struck Sorrow; My Old Pal; My Old Pal Blues; Naptown Blues; Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Pack Up Her Trunk Blues; Papa's on the House Top; Scrapper Blackwell; Shady Lane; When the Sun Goes Down; Whiskey Man Blues.

Born on this day – Pink Anderson:

Pink Anderson

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 12, 1900 – October 12, 1974

Credits:

Albums:

American Street Songs (1956); Baby I'm Going Away (2019); Ballad & Folk Singer, Vol. 3 (1963); Blues Legend (2011); Carolina Blues Man (1961); Essential Blues Masters (2010); Gospel, Blues And Street Songs (1987); Greasy Greens and a Mess of Blues (2012); Happy Hours (2015); In the Jailhouse Now (2021); Leisure Time (2014); Medicine Show Man (1962); Medicine Show Man, Volume 2 (1962); Pink Anderson: Carolina Medicine Show Hokum and Blues with Baby Tate (1984); The Blues of Pink Anderson: Ballad & Folksinger (1961); Vol..2 - Medicine Show Man (2018); Weeping Willow Blues (2021).

Songs:

Ain't Nobody Home but Me; Baby Please Don't Go; Baby Tate - See What You Done Done; Betty and Dupree; Big House Blues; Bo Weevil; Boweevil; C.C. & O Blues; C.C. And O. Blues; Chicken; Every Day In The Week Blues; Gonna Tip Out Tonight; Greasy Greens; He's in the Jailhouse Now; I Got a Woman 'cross Town; I Got a Woman 'Way Cross Town; I Got Mine; I Will Fly Away; I'm Going to Walk Through the Streets of the City; In the Evening; In the Jailhouse Now; I've Got Mine; John Henry; Meet Me in the Bottom; See That My Grave Is Kept; That's No Way to Do; The Boys of Your Uncle Sam; The Kaiser; The Titanic; Tippin’ Out; Travelin' Man; You Don't Know My Mind.

Television:

The Blues / documentary (1962).

Born on this day – Willie Trice:

Willie Trice

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 10, 1908 – December 11, 1976

Credits:

Album:

Blue and Rag'd (1995).

Songs:

Come on in Here Mama; Goin' to the Country; Good Time Boogie; I Love You, Sweet Baby; I've Had Trouble; My Baby's Ways; New Careless Love Blues; New Diddey Wah Diddey; She's Coming on the C & O; Shine On; Troublesome Mind; Trying to Find My Baby; You Have Mistreated Me.

Born on this day – Floyd Dixon:

Floyd Dixon

Blues singer

Pianist

February 8, 1929 – July 26, 2006

Credits:

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 9 (2010); After Blues (1985); Dark City Blues, Vol. 4 - Urban Grooves & Midnight Moods (2025); Doin' The Town (2008); Fine! Fine! Thing! (2005); Gloomy Baby (2008); Hey! Bartender - His Very Best, 1949-1959 (2016); High Notes of the Fifties (2020); His Complete Aladdin Recordings (1996); Marshall Texas Is My Home (1991); Mr. Magnificent (2024); Mr. Magnificent Hits again (1992); Piano Man Blues (2022); The Floyd Dixon Collection 1949-62 (2018); Time Brings About a Change... a Floyd Dixon Celebration (Live) (2006); Wake Up and Live! (1996).

Movies and television:

Animal House of Blues: 33.3 Special Edition (2018); Boundaries (2018); Mafia II (2010); Set It Off (1996); Stockholm Jazz & Blues Festival (1981); The Best of the Blues Brothers (1993); The Blues (2003); Things We Did Last Summer (1978); Time Brings About a Change... A Floyd Dixon Celebration (2013).

Born on this day – Lonnie Johnson:

Lonnie Johnson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Violinist

Songwriter

February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970

Born on this day – Casey Bill Weldon:

Casey Bill Weldon

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 2, 1901 – September 28, 1972

Credits:

Songs:

Back Door Blues; Blues Everywhere I Go; Can't You Remember; Doctor's Blues; Flood Water Blues; Flood Water Blues - No. 2; Give Me Another Shot; Go Ahead, Buddy; Gonna Take My Time; Has My Gal Been Here; Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule; Howlin' Dog Blues; I Believe I’ll Make a Change; I'm a Stranger in Your Town; I've Been Tricked; Lady Doctor Blues; New Round And Round; No Good Woman; Red Hot Blues; Rooster Blues; Sales Lady; Sold My Soul to the Devil; Somebody Changed the Lock on That Door; Somebody's Got to Go; The Big Boat; The Twelves; Turpentine Blues; Way Down in Louisiana; We Gonna Move; What's The Matter With My Milk Cow?; You Just as Well Let Her Go; You Shouldn't Do That.

Albums:

Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930's (1992); Casey Bill Weldon 1927-1938: Slide Guitar Swing (The Blues) (2002); Casey Bill Weldon Vol. 1 1935-1936 (2005); Casey Bill Weldon Vol. 2 1936-1937 (2005); Casey Bill Weldon Vol. 3 1937-1938 (2005); Greatest Blues Licks 1927-1938 (2010); Guitar Swing (2002); Hawaiian Guitar Wizard (1978); Presenting Casey Bill Weldon (1935); Steel Serenade - Vintage String Blues (2025); The Essential (2002).

Movies and television:

42 (2013); American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017); Independent Lens (2016); Life (1999); Queen of the Ring (2024); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Sopranos (2006).